EMR

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems

• EMR/EHR Definition
• EHR System Selection
• Vendor Selection Criteria
  1. Request for Proposal
  2. Comparing Vendors
• EMR Components
  1. Problem List
  2. Medication List
• EMR Training
  1. Physician Help Desks
  2. Post-live Physician Training & Support
• Strategies for Improving EMR Adoption
  1. Recent Changes to Support EHR Adoption in Solo/Small Practices
• Clinician Sign-out applications
• Free and Open Source EMRs
• Integrating Medical Devices into EMRs
  1. EMR Introduction and Background
  2. EMR Current Practices
  3. EMR Connectivity Requirements
  4. EMR (EHR) Available Solutions and How to Choose the Right One
• Remote Access
• Special considerations for Pediatric Practices
• Models for Adoption by Small - Medium size practices
  1. Application Service Providers - ASP
  2. Utility Model
• EMR and Biometrics
• Socio-technical Issues
  • Privacy of Patient Data: Genetic Non-Discrimination
• Business Case for Improving Usability
• New Technologies
  1. WiSPER™ (Wireless Standardized Portable Electronic Records)
  2. Vocera -- Hands-free, wireless communication device
  3. Aionex PatientBoard -- a HIPAA-compliant, secure, web-based, patient status board
  4. FastAccess -- a biometric facial recognition solution to the repeat login problem
  5. Biometric Resource -- information about existing and cutting edge biometric technologies
  6. Omron Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
  7. Iniatite Systems Identity Hub
  8. Internet Based EMR: Benefits & Costs
• Strategies of Clinical Data Entry
  1. Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  2. Coding Data